An evening ranging from radical modernity to tradition, with electro-free duo Anteloper, trumpeter with R&B overtones Marquis Hill, and two stars of the French scene: the Belmondo Brothers celebrating the come-back of their 1990s quintet.

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An evening ranging from radical modernity to tradition, with electro-free duo Anteloper, trumpeter with R&B overtones Marquis Hill, and two stars of the French scene: the Belmondo Brothers celebrating the come-back of their 1990s quintet.

An outdoor dance to relive the ambiance of the 1920s and 1930s, when people of all ages came out to swing. With communicative jubilation, the Umlaut Big Band—an orchestra of young French virtuosos—recreates this fun and festivity for the...

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An outdoor dance to relive the ambiance of the 1920s and 1930s, when people of all ages came out to swing. With communicative jubilation, the Umlaut Big Band—an orchestra of young French virtuosos—recreates this fun and festivity for the...

A Pan-African programme that starts with highlife and Afrobeat rhythms, followed by an all-too-rare performance by Malian singer Oumou Sangaré, and then a percussive meeting of London group Sons of Kemet and South African band BCUC.

Grande Halle de La Villette

A Pan-African programme that starts with highlife and Afrobeat rhythms, followed by an all-too-rare performance by Malian singer Oumou Sangaré, and then a percussive meeting of London group Sons of Kemet and South African band BCUC.

An underground programme featuring the electro-jazz digressions of saxophonist Étienne Jaumet, New York Jim Black’s telluric rhythms serving the compositions of Parisian guitarist Paul Jarret, and the much-anticipated return of saxophonist...

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An underground programme featuring the electro-jazz digressions of saxophonist Étienne Jaumet, New York Jim Black’s telluric rhythms serving the compositions of Parisian guitarist Paul Jarret, and the much-anticipated return of saxophonist...

The enchantment of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and prelude to Lohengrin, the magic of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and the virtuosic writing in Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, under the baton of American director Karina...

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

The enchantment of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and prelude to Lohengrin, the magic of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and the virtuosic writing in Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, under the baton of American director Karina...

The enchantment of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and prelude to Lohengrin, the magic of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and the virtuosic writing in Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, under the baton of American director Karina...

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

The enchantment of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and prelude to Lohengrin, the magic of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and the virtuosic writing in Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, under the baton of American director Karina...

We step back into the golden age of 1960s Stax and Motown with the indefatigable Lee Fields, preceded by the trio of organist Delvon Lamarr, conjuring the finest hours in the soul jazz repertoire. The show will open with a return to pop by delicate...

Grande Halle de La Villette

We step back into the golden age of 1960s Stax and Motown with the indefatigable Lee Fields, preceded by the trio of organist Delvon Lamarr, conjuring the finest hours in the soul jazz repertoire. The show will open with a return to pop by delicate...

An evening dedicated to piano with three peerless improvisers presenting fresh repertoires: a tribute to Erroll Garner by Christian Sands, Éric Legnini’s return to the trio with guitar, and all-new solo explorations by Yaron Herman.

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

An evening dedicated to piano with three peerless improvisers presenting fresh repertoires: a tribute to Erroll Garner by Christian Sands, Éric Legnini’s return to the trio with guitar, and all-new solo explorations by Yaron Herman.

London meets New York in an evening of hip hop and beatmaking, with multi-instrumentalist Emma-Jean Thackray, keyboardist Kamaal Williams (who got his break with Gilles Peterson), and American rap heavyweight Yasiin Bey, supported by a brass band from...

Grande Halle de La Villette

London meets New York in an evening of hip hop and beatmaking, with multi-instrumentalist Emma-Jean Thackray, keyboardist Kamaal Williams (who got his break with Gilles Peterson), and American rap heavyweight Yasiin Bey, supported by a brass band from...

Hammond organ and tenor sax in an evening of soul jazz: a tribute to Jimmy Smith and Stanley Turrentine, following the new quartet (with organ) of tireless octogenarian saxophonist Houston Person—revisiting young love.

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Hammond organ and tenor sax in an evening of soul jazz: a tribute to Jimmy Smith and Stanley Turrentine, following the new quartet (with organ) of tireless octogenarian saxophonist Houston Person—revisiting young love.

The 2019 edition of Jazz à la Villette will close with a tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who died in the summer of 2018. Musical direction of the evening has been assigned to Antibalas, the Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band on the...

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The 2019 edition of Jazz à la Villette will close with a tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who died in the summer of 2018. Musical direction of the evening has been assigned to Antibalas, the Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band on the...

Tim Burton and Danny Elfman share one of the most fruitful collaborations in cinema today. The Orchestre national d’Île-de-France invites us to rediscover Alice in Wonderland (2010) as a ciné-concert—a screening with live...

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

Tim Burton and Danny Elfman share one of the most fruitful collaborations in cinema today. The Orchestre national d’Île-de-France invites us to rediscover Alice in Wonderland (2010) as a ciné-concert—a screening with live...

Tim Burton and Danny Elfman share one of the most fruitful collaborations in cinema today. The Orchestre national d’Île-de-France invites us to rediscover Alice in Wonderland (2010) as a ciné-concert—a screening with live...

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

Tim Burton and Danny Elfman share one of the most fruitful collaborations in cinema today. The Orchestre national d’Île-de-France invites us to rediscover Alice in Wonderland (2010) as a ciné-concert—a screening with live...

The oeuvre of American composer Danny Elfman, known primarily for his film scores, is brilliantly eclectic. This programme presented by the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet explores a lesser-known side of his work.

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The oeuvre of American composer Danny Elfman, known primarily for his film scores, is brilliantly eclectic. This programme presented by the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet explores a lesser-known side of his work.

Once new wave prodigy Danny Elfman has developed a fascination for orchestration, thanks to his incursion into film scores with Tim Burton. This concert shines the spotlight on his talent for symphonic material.

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

Once new wave prodigy Danny Elfman has developed a fascination for orchestration, thanks to his incursion into film scores with Tim Burton. This concert shines the spotlight on his talent for symphonic material.

While Ravel’s arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition for orchestra is a triumph, the evocative force of the original score remains unforgettable. Piano, narration and audio-visual documentary immerse the spectator in nineteenth-century Russia.

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While Ravel’s arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition for orchestra is a triumph, the evocative force of the original score remains unforgettable. Piano, narration and audio-visual documentary immerse the spectator in nineteenth-century Russia.

Completed in 1882, Parsifal is Richard Wagner’s final opera. This “sacred scenic festival”, as it has been called, is forcefully conducted by Valery Gergiev, who directed the Russian premiere in 1997 and recorded a benchmark version...

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

Completed in 1882, Parsifal is Richard Wagner’s final opera. This “sacred scenic festival”, as it has been called, is forcefully conducted by Valery Gergiev, who directed the Russian premiere in 1997 and recorded a benchmark version...

Conceived as a journey through time, this sweeping concert spans the exuberant career of John Cale—a devotee of musical experimentation—from his latest recordings to his early work with The Velvet Underground.

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Conceived as a journey through time, this sweeping concert spans the exuberant career of John Cale—a devotee of musical experimentation—from his latest recordings to his early work with The Velvet Underground.

Conceived as a journey through time, this sweeping concert spans the exuberant career of John Cale—a devotee of musical experimentation—from his latest recordings to his early work with The Velvet Underground.

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Conceived as a journey through time, this sweeping concert spans the exuberant career of John Cale—a devotee of musical experimentation—from his latest recordings to his early work with The Velvet Underground.

A rich programme of Austro-German music, or a study in different facets of lyricism: exacerbated in the Wagner, sombre and passionate in Schoenberg’s Pelleas, and playful, almost aloof, in Richard Strauss’s homage to classicism.

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

A rich programme of Austro-German music, or a study in different facets of lyricism: exacerbated in the Wagner, sombre and passionate in Schoenberg’s Pelleas, and playful, almost aloof, in Richard Strauss’s homage to classicism.

Conceived as a journey through time, this sweeping concert spans the exuberant career of John Cale—a devotee of musical experimentation—from his latest recordings to his early work with The Velvet Underground.

Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique

Conceived as a journey through time, this sweeping concert spans the exuberant career of John Cale—a devotee of musical experimentation—from his latest recordings to his early work with The Velvet Underground.

The celestial presence of the women’s chorus beautifully concludes Holst’s spectacular galactic epic, The Planets. It is preceded by the ardent song of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, performed by Edgar Moreau, a noble upholder of the French...

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

The celestial presence of the women’s chorus beautifully concludes Holst’s spectacular galactic epic, The Planets. It is preceded by the ardent song of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, performed by Edgar Moreau, a noble upholder of the French...

The celestial presence of the women’s chorus beautifully concludes Holst’s spectacular galactic epic, The Planets. It is preceded by the ardent song of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, performed by Edgar Moreau, a noble upholder of the French...

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

The celestial presence of the women’s chorus beautifully concludes Holst’s spectacular galactic epic, The Planets. It is preceded by the ardent song of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, performed by Edgar Moreau, a noble upholder of the French...

Catherine Ringer, an exuberant singer and performer who fully embraces scenic fantasy, revives the highly tonic and eminently garish music of Les Rita Mitsouko, the iconic duo from the French music scene.

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

Catherine Ringer, an exuberant singer and performer who fully embraces scenic fantasy, revives the highly tonic and eminently garish music of Les Rita Mitsouko, the iconic duo from the French music scene.

Maestro, a French-Scottish trio that nimbly waltzes from one style to another, orchestrates music both hybrid and torrid, both complex and zany. For this concert, most unusually, they are accompanied by a string quartet.

Le Studio - Philharmonie

Maestro, a French-Scottish trio that nimbly waltzes from one style to another, orchestrates music both hybrid and torrid, both complex and zany. For this concert, most unusually, they are accompanied by a string quartet.

Catherine Ringer, an exuberant singer and performer who fully embraces scenic fantasy, revives the highly tonic and eminently garish music of Les Rita Mitsouko, the iconic duo from the French music scene.

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

Catherine Ringer, an exuberant singer and performer who fully embraces scenic fantasy, revives the highly tonic and eminently garish music of Les Rita Mitsouko, the iconic duo from the French music scene.

The great dancer and choreographer Saburo Teshigawara takes on Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique—its phantasmagoria, energy and evocative episodes—rendering a total work of art, as visionary as the day it was born.

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

The great dancer and choreographer Saburo Teshigawara takes on Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique—its phantasmagoria, energy and evocative episodes—rendering a total work of art, as visionary as the day it was born.